Posts tagged independent contracting
VERMONT: Phil Scott allows ‘ghost guns,’ union organizing bills to become law without his signature
June 5, 2024 // To allow a bill to go into law without a signature is a middle-ground approach available to the governor — in between striking it down with a veto and endorsing it with a signature. Scott holds the record for issuing the most gubernatorial vetoes in state history: 46. “One concern with the bill is the potential to adversely impact the employer-employee relationship by limiting an employer’s ability to communicate their point of view on a range of issues, including the advantages and disadvantages of unionization,” he wrote. Scott in his letter also said he is “concerned that S.102 is a slippery slope to future disruptions in the employee-employer relationship in agriculture, domestic services and independent contracting as well as any local businesses and non-profits working solely within state lines.”
Opinion: PRO Act Just Gives Unions More Power
April 24, 2024 // Big Labor bosses who desire more resources and power (often in order to steal them or direct them to radical political agendas) hope the PRO Act will complete an 80-year campaign to make America more like Europe, with the strikes, economic sclerosis, and socialist planning for which that continent is known. With the PRO Act having powerful allies in the White House and Congress, it’s time for opponents of Big Labor to take note.
What the Biden Administration Could Learn From California’s Attempt To Ban Independent Contracting
April 8, 2024 // In other words, the president promised to replicate AB 5 nationally but has failed. I can only surmise that the Los Angeles Times doesn't pay much attention to California news, either. As noted above, AB 5 isn't the victim of Congress or industry—but of massive, angry blowback from California freelancers, many of them Democrats—in multiple professions who didn't appreciate losing their jobs. The story focused on San Francisco's settlement with a company that connects workers with hospitality industry jobs, so AB 5 is still wreaking havoc. The most aggravating part of the Times article cites a study from the pro-union Economic Policy Institute, which finds "blue-collar workers classified as contractors are losing out on as much as $16,700 a year compared with what they would have made as regular employees." Perhaps it should show how much money these workers are losing when companies axe their jobs because of the AB 5-style mandates. When it comes to economics, union think tanks, reporters, and the Biden administration are as clever as those proverbial worms.
Shelby Kimpel, Digital Media Freelancer, Texas
April 5, 2024 // Shelby Kimpel, Digital Media Freelancer, Texas Shelby Kimpel has always envisioned a life of service. Her desire to help others led Shelby from Pennsylvania, to Florida, and eventually, to a suburb of Houston, TX. While her high-school-sweetheart-turned-husband pursued a doctorate in ministry and became a pastor,…
Emily, Independent Contractor, Louisiana
April 5, 2024 // Emily, Independent Contractor, Louisiana *Due to the nature of her past experience at DOL, Emily has chosen to forgo using her last name or other identifying information, including client names. As an independent contractor, Emily wears a lot of different hats. “Right now I contract with…
Cully Frisard, Trucking Company, Louisiana
April 5, 2024 // Cully Frisard, Trucking Company, Louisiana Trucking is in the blood of the Frisard family. It’s part of who they are. “I was brought up in this business from a very young age,” says Cully Frisard, the owner of Frisard’s Transportation, a family-run trucking company in Louisiana.
Bill McNeely, Ride Share Driver, Arizona
April 5, 2024 // Bill McNeely, Ride Share Driver, Arizona Bill McNeely is 47 years old, and in his third career. He’s served in three branches of the military and led logistics projects for defense contractors. His teams built operating bases for the Department of Justice to investigate Saddam Hussein,…
Isabel Soto: Biden’s war on freelancing affects the American dream
March 26, 2024 // The left’s war against self-employment is not a reform. It is paternalism: disconnected elites telling 70 million of happy, hurried Americans who don’t know what’s good for them. (It’s also cronyism, since the war on freelancing is fundamentally a project of the big unions, who hate competition.) And as always, when the government targets the proverbial “needy,” the real needy in our economy—women, minorities, and low-income communities—feel the pain. Half of Latinos are self-employed, 40% of African Americans, half of young workers, and more than half of low-income workers. An analysis by The LIBRE Initiative found that until 26% of independent workers are Hispanic and 14% of independent workers are black
PODCAST: An Unholy Incubator, Will Swaim breaks down the new regulation that took effect on March 15 which affects every independent contractor in America.
March 21, 2024 // The President of the California Policy Center, host of National Review’s Radio Free California podcast, and watchdog journalist warns about the new federal regulation that effectively makes CA-AB5 national and ends independent contractor status as we know it. As goes California, so goes the nation—from a $20 minimum wage for fast-food workers to rampant homelessness, crime, and reparations—the recovering communist dissects examples of what’s happening in the Golden State and yet to come nationally.
VIDEO: Protecting Trucking’s Independent Contractors
March 21, 2024 // A new rule from the U.S. Department of Labor undermines the livelihood of 350,000 truckers across the U.S. who choose to operate as independent contractors. In this episode, we explore the rule's impact on small trucking business owners and how ATA is fighting back in the courts and through the legislative process.